Wet & Wild Custom Blaster Contest
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GiveMeSomeProps
New Member
Hey Shylaah,
I am happy to donate a prize. I am not sure what to donate, though. Feel free to look around the gallery on my DA site. If you see something that you think works for this contest, let me know & it's yours.
Cheers,
Brash
Here is my site;
Brashsculptor on deviantART
just click on "Gallery" to see the toys.
Cheers,
Brash
im game for the firefly gun... looks sweet
Shylaah
Sr Member
I'm totally in!
Thanks Shylaah for organizing this
Question:
Does the completed blaster still need to be a functional water blaster?
Nope, it does not have to function after the mod, it's just the beginning base piece.
Shylaah
Shylaah
Sr Member
Well, hmmmm, maybe not!!?
I need help on this one guys!
What do y'all think?
Currency Converter for $25 USD
For the Dollar Store contest it was about getting 20
"things" as opposed to an actual worth/value of 20$....
Maybe we should be using the currency conversion for
this contest since there will be USDs, GBPs, Euros--
anyone else in the contest have a different currency than
those three?
Shylaah
I need help on this one guys!
What do y'all think?
Currency Converter for $25 USD
For the Dollar Store contest it was about getting 20
"things" as opposed to an actual worth/value of 20$....
Maybe we should be using the currency conversion for
this contest since there will be USDs, GBPs, Euros--
anyone else in the contest have a different currency than
those three?
Shylaah
fabrik
Active Member
clearly 25 quid would be better than 16 but in the interests of fairness it might be better. I know this has created more trouble and messing about than the dollar store idea but the concept is a winner. A nice budget but with the ability to shop where we like. Thanks Shylaah
Shylaah
Sr Member
As mentioned earlier brashsculptor is donating a prize to the contest.
Her site is:
Brashsculptor on deviantART
and here:
The Gallery of Wonderful Things from which to pick!
The winner who chooses this prize will be allowed to pick whichever awesome item they wish from the gallery. A Halo CQB helmet is about to be added to the list. The prize will be an unpainted kit for you to finish!
Many thanks brashsculptor, this certainly ups the ante and makes me wish I was eligible to submit an entry!!!
Shylaah
Her site is:
Brashsculptor on deviantART
and here:
The Gallery of Wonderful Things from which to pick!
The winner who chooses this prize will be allowed to pick whichever awesome item they wish from the gallery. A Halo CQB helmet is about to be added to the list. The prize will be an unpainted kit for you to finish!
Many thanks brashsculptor, this certainly ups the ante and makes me wish I was eligible to submit an entry!!!
Shylaah
brashsculptor
New Member
No problem,
Glad I could help. Feel free to choose whatever you like. I have made nearly everything on my site. However, Mal's pistol is my MOD of Bill's kit (Wilco models). If you choose that as the prize, I'll need to get an ok from him to mold it.
That kit inspired me to make some Firefly/Serenity goodies of my own, so I am working on 3 guns including VERA. But they are nowhere near done.
Cheers,
Brash
Glad I could help. Feel free to choose whatever you like. I have made nearly everything on my site. However, Mal's pistol is my MOD of Bill's kit (Wilco models). If you choose that as the prize, I'll need to get an ok from him to mold it.
That kit inspired me to make some Firefly/Serenity goodies of my own, so I am working on 3 guns including VERA. But they are nowhere near done.
Cheers,
Brash
I must say, that's one of the best prizes I've ever seen offered for one of these contests! Lots to choose from there!
Ikariya
Well-Known Member
Shylaah, one final question from me:
I looked at many stores today and all I could find were the super small pea-shooters. Do they count as water guns? they have a barrel and a trigger and a handle, but are kinda small =(
*EDIT*
Never mind I reread the rules. Since I can use any base blaster w/o cutting into the budget I should be fine. Sheesh the complexity of the rules just means the end results must be freakn awesome XD
I looked at many stores today and all I could find were the super small pea-shooters. Do they count as water guns? they have a barrel and a trigger and a handle, but are kinda small =(
*EDIT*
Never mind I reread the rules. Since I can use any base blaster w/o cutting into the budget I should be fine. Sheesh the complexity of the rules just means the end results must be freakn awesome XD
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Jannix Quinn
Sr Member
My entries pretty much always suck, but I might try again.
Wicked
Active Member
This is a picture of the gun I'm planning to use as my base. To my knowledge it's not based on any existing design that I'm aware of. Thought I'd post it up here just in case it was and I'm not aware of it. If I'm wrong please feel free to burst my bubble. I'd rather not work on it for 3 weeks and THEN find out it wasn't fair game haha.
I'm in.
Wicked
Active Member
Sweet! If anybody else wants to use it as a base it's made by a company called Saturator and is the model known as Disruptor. They look to be fairly high quality battery operated water guns. The one I'm snagging off Amazon is only $15.
Here's a link to a commercial. They have removable clips as well. They also make a model that resembles an AK and one that looks like a Sig 556. I imagine using one of those wouldn't break the rules as they're scaled for kids' hands and not full size and they're not based on any movie, sci-fi, or comic guns, etc.
Amazon.com : Entertainment : Saturator 30
Here's a link to a commercial. They have removable clips as well. They also make a model that resembles an AK and one that looks like a Sig 556. I imagine using one of those wouldn't break the rules as they're scaled for kids' hands and not full size and they're not based on any movie, sci-fi, or comic guns, etc.
Amazon.com : Entertainment : Saturator 30
Shylaah
Sr Member
A battery operated blaster? WoW!!! I was always told water and electricity don't mix! Now I want an electric water hose :lol
I think I may have unsuitably applied the word 'custom' for this contest. The straight up dictionary meaning of custom is something 'made to order', and isn't really applicable to these 'custom' contests.
My idea of 'custom' in this contest is an original design idea by the entrant as opposed to being a replica or largely based on something that already exists.
This is the RPF and replica is the first word there, but this contest should be a time to step outside the copy-it box and build something like you would have done it--something totally your own! And that was why the rule that the finished entry not look like anything else that exists!!
Shylaah
I think I may have unsuitably applied the word 'custom' for this contest. The straight up dictionary meaning of custom is something 'made to order', and isn't really applicable to these 'custom' contests.
My idea of 'custom' in this contest is an original design idea by the entrant as opposed to being a replica or largely based on something that already exists.
This is the RPF and replica is the first word there
, but this contest should be a time to step outside the copy-it box and build something like you would have done it--something totally your own! And that was why the rule that the finished entry not look like anything else that exists!!Shylaah
